Last Updated on October 4, 2022 by Ellen
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Retire early and travel the world like a pro
So you want to slow travel the world on a budget. You’ve come to the right place!
We Earth Vagabonds – Ellen and Theo – have traveled the world in early retirement since 2015. Read more about how we got here on the “About” page.
To make the most of this site, you will find links to key “How to” posts at the bottom of every page.
To get a sense of what international travel is like in the COVID era at our current location, please enjoy our most recent blog posts below.
With many years of experience, we enjoy sharing what we learn.
Live the Dream. Life is Now.
Breast cancer
Ellen’s breast cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy in a foreign country was a difficult challenge.
But she made it!
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Meet the Earth Vagabonds
Hello! We are Ellen and Theo.
We slow travel on a budget in early retirement.
We’ve done it since 2015!
We show you how to do this on this website.
We give detailed information about our budget – and also about our spending. That’s the trick to this all — the spending.
Only you can control your spending and stick to your budget.
We lead you by example on how to do that – with tips and tricks along the way.
Theo likes to say a travel lifestyle can be “endless — if you spend less.”
We live our travel experience as a lifestyle, not a vacation.
How’d we get here? How can you get here?
Earth Vagabonds recommend you explore this site, starting on the ‘About’ page.
For the full, longer story about exactly how we came to retire early and travel the world, we now have that personal information posted.
Continuous slow travel
We live this lifestyle because we stay on budget. (Mostly.) Remember: the key to managing your money is to control your spending.
We offer lots of information on this site on how to save money and stretch money on a nonstop travel adventure.
We also reveal our expenses in monthly reports.
Latest Earth Vagabonds blog posts
Slow travel cost to live in Rishikesh 1 month
Did we come in under budget?
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Lovely mountain village near Pokhara, Nepal
Such a beautiful experience, Ellen cried.
Continue Reading Lovely mountain village near Pokhara, Nepal
The pleasant surprise of Pokhara, Nepal
Beautiful, clean, friendly, affordable, and the perfect climate for several months a year.
Rishikesh to Pokhara: Border crossing with a plot twist
We weren’t expecting these bumps in the road.
Continue Reading Rishikesh to Pokhara: Border crossing with a plot twist
Whitewater rafting, waterfalls in Rishikesh
Gorgeous views, invigorating thrills.
Continue Reading Whitewater rafting, waterfalls in Rishikesh
Celebrating gods in Rishikesh
A travel commentary about gods.
Pandemic travel planning
We constantly re-evaluate travel plans for the future.
We have a few helpful resources for the truly intrepid traveler.
Global citizens
We Earth Vagabonds enjoy helping people on our travels.
Whether it’s the Ati indigenous tribe in the Philippines, or refugees from the Middle East and Africa, or garbage pickers in Mexico — we believe everyone deserves respect, regardless of life circumstance, and we give back when we can.
We also are big believers in Kiva.org. (Hat tip to Theo’s mom Diane for introducing us to Kiva!)
Need more help? More inspiration?
Visit the longer “Our story” page. We share personal histories and information here.
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This is a closed group for people who want an authentic budget slow travel lifestyle.
Thousands of people in our group are retired, thousands more are working to get there.
If we don’t have an answer to your question, one of our members might!
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Thanks for checking out Earth Vagabonds.
We hope to inspire you to ‘live the dream’ because life is short and that’s why we travel now.
Our philosophy: Life is Now!
